In the spirit of April Fools Day on Sunday, the Museum of Hoaxes in San Diego has come up with 10 of the best pranks ever pulled on this day--based on their "notoriety, absurdity, and number of people duped." Included on the list is a 1996 Taco Bell hoax in which the fast-food company announced it had purchase the Liberty Bell and was renaming it the "Taco Liberty Bell." Another great prank was a 1992 National Public Radio (NPR) report which announced that Richard Nixon was running for the president again, using the campaign slogan, "I didn't do anything wrong, and I won't do it again." It also included audio clips from a Nixon impersonator.On the religious side, a 1998, newsletter "New Mexicans for Science and Reason" published a fake article, which stated that Alabama had voted to change the mathematical value of pi from 3.14159 to the "Biblical value" of 3.0.
Personally, I think nothing beats Beliefnet's 2004 prank, when we ran fake news stories claiming the Dalai Lama had gotten a makeover--complete with a large belt buckle and oversized jewelry--in an effort to connect with young people. He was quoted as saying, "A little bling-bling never hurt anything." We also ran "news" stories claiming Oprah was added to the trinity, the Vatican was unveiling a mint-flavored host, and we included a hilarious audio meditation, "Smell the Healing Energy."
You can read Beliefnet's full coverage here.
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he is a god .. dont play with god.. not good.. ya he work for free tibet but not like this;;
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